ring up the curtain

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"That's to ring up the curtain," said Mignon.

From Nine Little Goslings by Coolidge, Susan

But not to detain you longer on the threshold, I will ring up the curtain, and travel with you in this varied journey.

From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 35, November 26, 1870 by Various

But proof's what it's best to have before you ring up the curtain.

From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

She remembered perfectly the first sign he had given of it—it had been like the bell that was to ring up the curtain upon the real drama of their life.

From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by James, Henry

Truly, the gods must have created us for their amusement; and when Olympus palls, they ring up the curtain on some such screaming comedy as was that.

From The Deluge by Phillips, David Graham